Afrofuturism Festival in NYC + online

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@UNCLE JAM @Clayton Endicott @Stormbringer @IronFist @Drew Wonder

 

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Music act lineup

Afrofuturism
February–March 2022


Take a journey to the world of Afrofuturism—an ever-expansive aesthetic and practice—where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures. Immerse yourself in Afrofuturism, Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival.

Afrofuturism’s boundless sonic essence is celebrated with jazz, funk, R&B, Afrobeat, hip-hop, electronic music, and more. In education and social impact programs created by the Hall’s Weill Music Institute, young musicians, teachers, and people of all ages explore the infinite possibilities of Afrofuturism.

Across New York City, leading cultural organizations present multidisciplinary programming that touches African and African diasporic philosophies, speculative fiction, mythology, comics, quantum physics, cosmology, technology, and more. A diverse range of online offerings also includes film screenings, exhibitions, and talks with some of the leading thinkers and creatives in this multitiered experience.

An introduction for some and a continued quest for others, this trek across space and time will enrich and revitalize our relationship to new futures and futures past. Whether you know Afrofuturism through Alice Coltrane, the literary genius of Octavia E. Butler, the glowing world of comics, or the mythos of Sun Ra and P-Funk, epiphanies will abound in this experiential saga through the realm of Astro-Blackness.

We promise to be your trusted partner as we welcome you back to Carnegie Hall, ensuring you return with the confidence that safety and flexibility are our first priorities.

@Sankofa Alwayz. @Caca-faat @1LurkerChick9

 

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i'm gonna fly out to check this shyt.

 

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Astrosankofa by Quentin VerCetty

Spoiler: Artwork Decoded

A breakdown of artist Quentin VerCetty’s AstroSankofa, the first ever piece of visual art commissioned by Carnegie Hall. (Courtesy the artist and Carnegie Hall)

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[George's Dilemma]

At times I look at that kind of art and wonder if they're tapping into something other worldly, something that may have preceded us and long forgotten but part of our roots. On top of that, what they're tapping into is unbeknownst to even them. It's creative, but it comes naturally for a reason that they don't even fully comprehend. Swear I'm not high either.

 

[Starman]

If anyone went, post pics.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

This is dope . I wish it traveled. If it visited Chicago or the D I would definitely attend.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

At times I look at that kind of art and wonder if they're tapping into something other worldly, something that may have preceded us and long forgotten but part of our roots. On top of that, what they're tapping into is unbeknownst to even them. It's creative, but it comes naturally for a reason that they don't even fully comprehend. Swear I'm not high either.

Nah you ain't tripping. I've wondered the same thing; especially when I look at the artwork on EWF album covers.

 

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At times I look at that kind of art and wonder if they're tapping into something other worldly, something that may have preceded us and long forgotten but part of our roots. On top of that, what they're tapping into is unbeknownst to even them. It's creative, but it comes naturally for a reason that they don't even fully comprehend. Swear I'm not high either.

The Dogon ancestral memories, perhaps.

 

[Marks]

 

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I haven’t delved much into Afro-Futurism with exception to seeing some of the mainstream movies/tv shows like Black Panther and Lovecraft Country. The visuals are certainly cool especially after deciphering through the symbolism like the AstroSankofa bust you posted.

In the video, I did notice Samuel Delany, a black gay author who is a big influencer in the Afro-Futurism space.

His people are like Lena Horne’s people, old “Black Gotham” New Yorkers.

Spoiler

 

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I haven’t delved much into Afro-Futurism with exception to seeing some of the mainstream movies/tv shows like Black Panther and Lovecraft Country. The visuals are certainly cool especially after deciphering through the symbolism like the AstroSankofa bust you posted.

In the video, I did notice Samuel Delany, a black gay author who is a big influencer in the Afro-Futurism space.

His people are like Lena Horne’s people, old “Black Gotham” New Yorkers.

Spoiler

Thanks
The AMPBF line runs through almost every American story, and definitely stories about the Arts.
Delany, as in Martin Delany? Is Bishop Delany related to him?

 

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Black Metropolis presents published and unpublished work by artist Tim Fielder. This in-person and online exhibit is an anthropological artifact that transcribes the narrative history of visual-cultural migration from the southern United States to New York City, intermixed with African religious modalities